US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg visited the port of Long Beach on Thursday to break ground on a $1.5bn railyard expansion project that will more than triple the volume of rail cargo the port can handle annually. The project, which will be completed by 2032, will link the port to 30 major rail hubs around the country. “This work builds a rail network on a port that more than triples the volume of cargo that can move by rail to nearly five million containers a year — the kind of throughput that’ll keep America’s economy humming and keep costs down with benefits in every part of this country,” Buttigieg said. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsUnited States